Chetimari

Region

Chétimari is a rural municipality in the department of Diffa in Niger.

Geography

Chétimari located in the Sahel region in the southwest of the department and on the border with the neighboring state of Nigeria, which is formed from the river Komadugu Yobe. Larger towns nearby are the cities of Diffa in the southeast and Maïné - Soroa in the west, as Chétimari are on the National Road 1. In the north Chétimari borders the rural community Foulatari and to the northwest by the rural community Gueskérou. The municipality is divided into 93 administrative villages, 61 traditional villages, ten hamlets, 24 storage and 27 water points. The main town of the rural community is the administrative village Chétimari.

Chétimari is characterized by levels that are partially covered with sand dunes. In the south of the river valleys and the plains of lowlands are cut.

History

Chétimari formerly belonged to the kingdom of Bornu. Beginning of the 20th century was the southern part Bornus to the United Kingdom, while the northern part - called Mangari - was occupied by France. During the colonial period and thereafter retained many traditional rulers one, albeit limited, influence in the region. Chétimari is next Gouré, Goudoumaria and Maïné - Soroa one of the most important places in Mangari in which going back to the kingdom of Bornu traditional rule could get.

The rural community Chétimari was founded in 2002 at a nationwide administrative reform from the Canton Chétimari forth. The Canton originally belonged to the district Maïné - Soroa and in 1964 the newly geschaffenenen Arrondissement Diffa connected, later Department of Diffa.

Population

At the 2001 census Chétimari had 47 327 inhabitants. For the year 2010 64.665 inhabitants were calculated. The population is mostly of the ethnic group of the Kanuri. In addition, Fulbe, Tubu and Arabs live in Chétimari.

Policy

In the local elections in July 2004 Djibrilla Malam Kalla ( PNDS - Tarayya ) was elected mayor.

Economy and infrastructure

In the administrative village N'Guel Kolo is an important particularly for trade in Nigeria cattle market. The population lives mostly from Agropastoralismus. On the banks of Komadugu Yobe with his nutrient- rich mud irrigation crop production for corn, peppers, rice and tomatoes is operated. The black sandy loam soils in some parts of the community find for the cultivation of cowpea and peanuts use. Millet and sorghum are grown on less fertile sandy soils. Livestock consists of cattle, goats, camels, horses and donkeys.